ACSO update shows staffing recovery, growing mental health caseload

ACSO reported progress in jail staffing and inmate programs, while commissioners raised concerns over rising mental health ...
Sentinel & Enterprise

Editorial: Jail’s novel program boosts older inmates’ re-entry prospects

Building on previously successful inmate programs, including the creation of a pre-release unit for women, a Family Support Services Unit and mental-health services, the Middlesex Sheriff’s Office, ...
Post Independent Citizen Telegram

Garfield County Sheriff’s Office looks for Inmate Programs volunteers

Garfield County Inmate Programs Volunteer Coordinator Charlie Pearce is looking for volunteers to serve Garfield County and its inmates, according to a news release. The program was started in July ...
WKYC3

Norfolk sheriff expands inmate art, educational programs

NORFOLK, Va. (WVEC ) — According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, 95 percent of people in jail will return to the community. However, according to a 2017 RAND Corporation study, inmates ...
news10nbc

Inmate describes ‘kid proportions’ meals and lack of programs amid ongoing prison strike

LYONS, N.Y. – Laura Thomas invited News10NBC Chief Investigative Reporter Berkeley Brean into her living room to discuss her concerns about her son, who is serving a 6-year prison term and is about ...
KSAT

Rehabilitation programs changing trajectory of inmates’ lives; KSAT Investigates takes you inside a prison lockdown

HUNTSVILLE, Texas – A key branch of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice is its Rehabilitation Program Division. According to the TDCJ website, “The Rehabilitation Programs Division (RPD) serves ...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Prices are going up at the Sonoma County jail commissary, spending on inmate programs is not

Second of two parts. Read the first part here. Sonoma County inmates fund their own welfare and education programs with purchases through the jail commissary, but even as prices have climbed for ...